The Science of Therapeutics - Classical Homeopathy Online

Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 395 of 653of medicines is generally unnecessary ; if catarrhal angina is coplained of, a few doses of Belladonna may be administered. Thefever is scarcely ever sufficiently severe or generally of a charto require Aconite, [A few doses of Aconite are very serviceablethis eruption, even if the fever is ever so slight. H.] If thisexanthem is confounded with a mild attack of scarlatina, the poorpatients suffer from such a mistake in consequence of being keptthe room for an unnecessary length of time ; we shall dwell uponsuch a proceeding more fully when treating of scarlatina.4. Vrticaiia*NetUe-rashj Hives.Blotches or wheals may be caused by the direct action of irritantupon the skin, such as extreme heat alternating with cold (ladiesat a ball often expose themselves to such influences), mosquitoflea-bites, bed-bug bites, bee-stings, the stings of gadwith nettles and other plants; or else by the action of irritatinsubstances which, after being introduced into the stomach, reactupon the skin. This, however, is not generally the case, but theUrticaria. 467result of peculiar idiosyncrasies, as from strawberries, raspberrcrabs, oysters, etc. Urticaria proper is for the most part dependdpon individual predispositions which it is impossible to accountfor with any certainty; a very common exciting caase is gastriccatarrh from indigestion, and likewise catarrh of the female sexuorgans, chronic as well as acute. In acute constitutional diseaseblotches sometimes break out, but they are not of any specialsignificance.Urticaria very commonly commences with febrile symptoms sometimes of a considerable degree of intensity, and which may continduring the whole course of the eruption. It is a question, howevewhether the urticaria does not result from the fever instead of tfever from the urticaria. Generally the digestion is very much affected, symptoms of cerebral hypereemia are less commonly presentThe appearance of the exanthem is generally immediately precededby great restlessness and an oppressive anxiety. In other cases teruption comes out suddenly after a short feeling of indispositiowithout any fever. Amid a burning and violent itching of the skina dift'use redness or rather large red spots, without sharp outlimake their appearance, upon which soon after risings or elevationstart up, of a white or red color, but more generally with whitetops. Their size varies from a quarter of an inch to one inch inlength and breadth; most commonly they are isolated, less frequently they appear in clusters on the same spot. The warmth ofthe bed seems to promote their appearance. A single wheal doesnot remain out very long ; it disappears even in a few hours, witout leaving a trace, but other wheals may break out in other placby which means the whole, process may be very much protracted.The localities where the exanthem most commonly breaks out, arethe extremities, and the anterior surface of the trunk, less frequently the face. The urticaria from gastric causes likewise orignates in this manner, except that it scarcely ever lasts longer ttwelve hours; on the other hand, its first appearance is oftenhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt